Altman Solon is the largest global TMT consulting firm with expertise in telecommunications consulting. In this video, Partner Soumen Ganguly explains the coming upgrade from 5G to 6G.
Partner Soumen Ganguly discusses the strategic opportunity for telco carriers as they move from 5G to 6G, highlighting the need for networks to deliver both improved performance and greater cost efficiency.
He explains that each generational upgrade, occurring roughly every decade, is essential for carriers to sustain business viability and support rising consumer demand.
Soumen notes that 6G will not only enhance carrier economics but also create a platform for new mobile applications and innovation, continuing the cycle of technological advancement.
How Altman Solon can help
Altman Solon helps telecom operators, infrastructure providers, and investors turn the transition from 5G to 6G into a clear set of choices on network strategy, economics, and new services. Typical support includes:
- 6G strategy and investment case development: Technology roadmap, rollout scenarios, spectrum considerations, and business-case tradeoffs for performance vs. cost.
- Network economics and cost-efficiency programs: Target architecture, vendor/partner strategy, operating model and automation levers to improve unit costs while meeting performance expectations.
- New growth opportunities enabled by next-generation networks: Use-case prioritization, go-to-market design, ecosystem partnerships, and commercial validation for emerging applications.
About Altman Solon: Telecommunications
Altman Solon is the world’s largest strategy consulting firm focused exclusively on telecommunications, media, and technology (TMT). In telecommunications, we support telecom operators, infrastructure providers, and investors with diligence and value creation across the deal lifecycle, grounded in deep sector expertise, commercial insight, and technical fluency.
Who we work with
- Integrated telecom operators (fixed and mobile)
- Fiber and fixed digital infrastructure providers (including FiberCos and wholesalers)
- Tower and mobile infrastructure players (including TowerCos and shared-network models)
- Data center operators and hyperscaler ecosystem participants
- Equipment, engineering, and construction services providers
- Infrastructure funds, private equity, growth investors, lenders, distressed investors, and hedge funds
- Investment screening and market landscaping (market dynamics, risks, and opportunity sizing)
- Commercial due diligence (positioning, plan realism, and resilience for buy-side and sell-side mandates)
- Technical due diligence (infrastructure, systems, and technology implications for the investment thesis)
- Portfolio optimization and value creation planning (growth and performance initiatives post-close)
- Post-merger integration and 100-day planning (integration strategy and execution priorities)
- Exit strategy and equity story development (positioning and readiness for the next transaction)